(Hey guys! How are you all doing? Last time was an un-progressive chapter, and I apologize for that, I wasn't thinking. Last time, Conan and Haibara went to their first Grand Galloping Gala, but, they felt that something was off, like they had forgotten something. And now, to the story, which is nearing its end.)
I don't own Detective Conan and My Little Pony.
"1." Scootaloo counted, covering her eyes with her hooves and facing a tree, "2." As she counted, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Conan and Haibara ran in different directions. They were playing hide and seek near Twilight's castle, and their rule was not to hide too far. "Come on." Conan called to Haibara, his voice kept low, he and Haibara ran into a cluster of trees next to the castle, hoping that Scootaloo won't find them there.
Conan and Haibara chuckled as they wove through the tree cluster, "Too bad you can't turn invisible." Haibara said, she pushed away a twig as she did her best to maneuver around it without hitting another tree. "Yeah." Conan agreed, he didn't sound very happy, "But that wouldn't be fair now would it?"
Right as Conan finished asking the question, he stepped into a clearing, he turned forward and gasped. "What? What's wrong?" Haibara asked, when Conan didn't respond, she squeezed through next to him. She gasped when she saw what Conan saw, scrolls, empty and written on, ink bottles and quills, a calender with several days marked off. One scroll had only a few words written on it, it said: Estimated time to return home: 2 Months.
Everything came flooding back to them, the suit Conan wore yesterday was similar to his trademark attire back on Earth, the world of humans. They were expecting to have found a way, or at least see a portal open up somewhere, to return home. The more time they spent in Equestria, the less they want to go home.
"I think they're in here." Scootaloo's voice sounded from behind, Conan whipped his head back, then he turned to Haibara and grabbed her arm. Haibara yelped when Conan turned and ran back into the forest, The Cutie Mark Crusaders must not see the clearing.
...
Conan stared at the sky as Haibara stared at the ground below, the cloud they lied down on drifted over so slowly. "So." Conan said after a long while of silence, "What are we going to do about it?" he asked, turning to look at Haibara.
Haibara didn't answer, but simply stared. As Conan turned to look at the sky again, Haibara look forward, "I checked the calender in the library, then the calender in the clearing, it's been almost month since we were here." she informed. Conan turned back to her, he looked at the claws he had grown used to walk on and use, "Almost 1 month huh?" he mumbled.
"Hey you two!"
Conan and Haibara looked up, Rainbow Dash was hovering in front of them, in her hooves she held banners for some sort of theme. "Mind helping out?" Rainbow Dash asked, shifting her position to hold the banners in a more comfortable way. "For what?" Conan asked as he stood, bits of cloud stuck onto him and he had to shake them off, he looked below and saw ponies rushing around.
"For Nightmare Night of course!" Rainbow Dash said, she took a banner and unfolded it, revealing a beautiful in the Halloween theme. "We're running late since the train bringing the decorations broke down, so we only have 4 days to prepare." Rainbow Dash explained, "And we could use some help."
Conan and Haibara glanced at each other, then they crouched and jumped off the cloud, flapping quickly to hover in front of Rainbow Dash. "Fine." Haibara said, "We have nothing to do anyway."
Rainbow Dash handed Conan and Haibara five banners each, keeping ten for herself, she instructed the two griffons as to where to hang them before flying off. Conan and Haibara split up after and spent the rest of the day hanging banners, ornaments, and helping ponies, using their magic whenever they needed to.
Conan spotted Haibara helping a pegasus to move some scary pumpkin decorations by the Everfree Forest when he passed some cook books to Pinkie Pie from Twilight, grinning, Conan disappeared. The ripples that appeared in the air went almost unseen as Conan moved towards Haibara and the pegasus, which revealed themself to be Soarin from the Wonderbolts.
Haibara and Soarin didn't notice that a ghostly aura flew and dived into a large pumpkin with the face of a Manticore carved onto it. "We help Ponyville whenever they face trouble, like an adult dragon or Manticores." Soarin was explaining, Haibara was unamused as she listened to Soarin's story about the Wonderbolts. "Uh huh." she said, unsure, "But I thought the Elements of Harmony does that."
Soarin scoffed, "Nuh uh. The Wonderbolts save ponies to." he said, adopting a proud stance. Haibara arched an eyebrow at him as she placed her claw on the pumpkin with the Manticore face, "Sure..." she mumbled.
Suddenly, the pumpkin began to shake violently, Haibara yelped and scrambled back. Soarin jumped forward to face the danger as the pumpkin's carving roared and snapped, it floated into the sky, the shell of the pumpkin started to shoot out here and there, stretching and arching. Soon, the pumpkin took shape of a fierce looking Manticore twice of Soarin's size. Soarin made a whimpering sound and took a a step back from the growling Manticore, its orange inside shone in a brighter orange as it glared down at the stallion.
"Get down!" Haibara yelled, just as Soarin crouched low, a bolt of bright yellow and gold aura flew over his head and headed straight for the pumpkin Manticore. The Manticore's eyes widen, the glow in it ceased moments before the bolt of magic hit it and exploded it into pieces, good thing no one saw the incident.
Haibara and Soarin stared in confusion as the pieces rained down from the sky, laughter came from nowhere, startling and putting Soarin on edge. Haibara growled, she knew that laughter from anywhere, "Alright, very funny." she said as she looked around, "Now show yourself so I can pull your ear."
What seemed to be a spirit rose from the ground like water, Soarin screamed and scrambled back, amusing Haibara. The white spirit took form of a griffon a little bigger than Haibara and solidified, the aura burst like a shell and revealed Conan laughing, his claw digging at the ground. "I'm so sorry." he said between laughter, "But you should've saw your faces."
Haibara frowned and glared as Conan kept laughing, but when Conan laughed until his was clutching his stomach on the floor, she started to snicker. Then, thinking to when Soarin acted the opposite of what he said he was, she laughed as well, a melodic, barking noise that enchanted Conan to laugh some more. All the while, Soarin stood at one side, stomping his hoof.
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The days passed fast, Nightmare Night was tomorrow, and most ponies still haven't got a costume yet. In Rarity's boutique, Conan and Haibara waited reluctantly and impatiently as Rarity was listing many types of costumes. "Or! Maybe I can just whip up a Nightmare Night themes suit and dress!" Rarity was saying, Conan sighed and looked at Haibara, 'How long before she stops?' he asked in his head.
Haibara shifted her gaze to him, 'Knowing Rarity, probably an hour or more.' she thought, casting it to Conan's mind. Conan inwardly scoffed, 'We should be focusing on going home instead of this.' Haibara thought, 'Every second we waste, we lose a small bit of chance at getting home. Who knows? The others might have thought that we were kidnapped or something.'
Conan sighed softly, 'I hope not.' he thought. Shifting in his seat, Conan leaned forward and asked, "Rarity. Can't you just make something that would suit our names or looks instead of going through category after category?"
His sudden speaking drew Rarity's attention, "Don't get me wrong." Conan added, raising his claws up, "As much as I would love to hear your suggestions, Dreamwings and I have to help Twilight finish the final touches to the castle." he said, and he wasn't lying too. Rarity hummed and scammed the two griffons, Conan leaned towards Haibara, "This is making me feel a little creeped out." he whispered, his response was a nod of agreement from the other.
After a moment, Rarity's face brightened up, "I know just the thing!" she said. Making her way to her work room, she beckoned for Conan and Haibara to leave, "Go on now you two. You won't want your surprise to be ruined now don't you?"
Conan looked at the watch on his left wrist, it was the one that came along with his painfully familiar suit, he had taken a liking to the watch and paid Rarity some bits to keep it. "We better get going." Conan said, he turned to Haibara with a grin, "You ready?" he asked. Haibara's ears drooped, she frowned, "No." she said. "Too late." Conan said, grabbing Haibara's wrist, Haibara yelped and got ready as Conan teleported her and himself.
They reappeared in the castle, right behind the gates of the entrance. Haibara shook her head, she was almost used to teleporting, but she still felt a little bit dizzy and shaky every time, and she found it really unpleasant. "You're having too much fun with this." Haibara said, glaring at Conan, who was perfectly fine. "I know." he said, smirking, "Come on, Twilight would not be happy if we didn't show up to help her."
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It was Nightmare Night, but the night wasn't upon Ponyville yet, instead, it was in the middle of the afternoon when Conan, Haibara, and The Cutie Mark Crusaders were called to Rarity's boutique. The five waited in the main area and fooled around as they waited, Conan had half of his body handing off the couch by one of its armrests, Haibara was losing down on the opposite side with a claw dangling off the couch. Meanwhile, The Cutie Mark Crusaders were hiding between or behind dresses, rolling around and doing other things to occupy themselves.
Rarity suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with a rack hanging five bangs onon hangars, inside the bags were most likely the Nightmare Night costumes Rarity said she would do. "Right." the unicorn huffed, she watched as the kids turned towards her with interest, "I've worked hard on these, but if you have any problems, do tell."
Sweetie Belle was given her costume first, which was to resemble a bumblebee, the small unicorn squealed with delight and ran off to try it on. Apple Bloom got hers next, her costume was to make her look like a rodeo pony, she smiled as a thanks and hopped off with costume. Scootaloo's costume was, for some reason, made to resemble a chicken, but Scootaloo seemed to love it.
When Haibara received hers, she wasn't really surprised, it was made to suit her scientific nature. Haibara's costume consists of black pants that reached an inch above her ankles, white sock-like shoes, white gloves, safety goggles and a lab coat with an insignia over the left chest. The insignia was a crest, it was Ponyville's logo. "It suits you." Conan said, his breathing brushed against Haibara's feathers as he leaned forward. Haibara blushed slightly, "You think so?" she asked, holding her costume at a higher angle. "Yeah." Conan said, he glanced at the costume then returned his gaze to Haibara.
"Okay, now." Rarity said, she levitated the last hangar towards Conan, who turned towards it and stood straight, for he had to slightly crouch when talking to Haibara. "I has to work really hard on this one, so I hope this is to your liking." Rarity said as she presented the bagged hanger to Conan. Conan titled his head to one side slightly, he reached a claw out and unzipped the bag. He gasped, staring with surprise for awhile, then he smirked, "Perfect."
(I'm sorry okay! I'm still in secondary school!)